20% of all purchases are retured.if 190 items were returned in march,how many items were purchased that month?

Question

a. 38 items

b. 152 items

c. 170 items

d. 950 items

Answer 1

d. 950 one half of 190=95 times 10 =950.one half of 20%= 10% times 10 = 100%

Answer 2

it's d.

20% of 950 is 190

(10% of 950 is 95, 95 + 95 = 190) simple math.

therefore 190 items out of 950 items were returned. I've noticed that a whole lot of people on yahoo.answers really go out of their way to use complex formulas for simple math problems I teach my 4th graders.

Answer 3

190 is 20% of total purchases

So 190 x5 = 100% of purchases so 950 were purchased

Answer 4

d

Answer 5

Why is this hard for you?  If 1/5 of the amount of items were returned in March, that means the purchased amount would have to be 5 times as much as 190, which is 950.

Answer 6

Assume that 20 percent of X is 190

This means (20)(X) / 100 = 190

X = (100)(190) / 20

X = 950

20 percent of 950 is 190(d)